Windows 2000 Server Optimization Resources

Learn what you need to know about Windows Server 2000 systems to optimize them for peak performance. This page includes guidelines for optimizing the Domain Name System (DNS) as well as scripting and performance tuning details.

User and System Administration

• Best Practices for Managing Applications with Process Control

  This paper provides best practices for getting the most from Process Control.

• Configuring System and Environment Variables in Windows 2000

  Read about configuring user environment variables by means of the Environment Variables dialog box in Windows 2000. From Chapter 2 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Implementing RAID on Windows 2000 Servers

  Learn how to implement RAID techniques in Windows 2000 for server systems. From Chapter 11 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Building, Maintaining and Tuning the Box

  Get an introduction to many of the practical matters associated with assembling a server and then keeping it in good working order. From Chapter 5 of Windows 2000 Server: Planning and Migration.

• Managing Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstations and Servers

  Understand the management of workstations and servers using the Computer Managment console on local and on remote sites. From Chapter 2 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Monitoring Processes, Services, and Events

  Learn about everthing from foreground and background monitoring to replaying performance logs. From Chapter 3 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Automating Administrative Tasks, Policies, and Procedures

  See how to automate system management by applying policies either to groups of computers or to groups of people. From Chapter 4 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Stretching Microsoft Server Clusters with Geo-Dispersion

  Use Microsoft Server Clusters to consolidate an organization's infrastructure by eliminating the replication of servers and repeated applications.

Files and Data

• Managing File Systems and Drives

  Figure out how to administer data by adding hard disk drives, working with basic and dynamic disks, using basic disk partitions, and managing already existing drives. From Chapter 10 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Administering Volume Sets and RAID Arrays

  Learn how to create, extend, or delete volume sets and RAID arrays for more sophisticated data storage purposes. From Chapter 11 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Managing Files and Directories

  Get the essentials about the file allocation table (FAT) and NTFS (Windows NT file system) to help you with your file-related administrative tasks. From Chapter 12 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Maintaining WINS

  Support pre–Windows 2000 systems with WINS and learn how to configure WINS database replication. From Chapter 18 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• How to Manage Storage Resources Using DISKPART

  Learn how the Diskpart tool expands the free space at the end of existing storage volume without having to convert the entire disk to dynamic disk.

• Maintaining Windows 2000 Peak Performance Through Defragmentation

  Learn the basics of disk fragmentation and related issues, as well as the functionality of Disk Defragmenter, the manual defragmentation utility included with Windows 2000.

Performance Tuning and Scripting

• Optimizing DNS

  Set up and manage the Domain Name System (DNS) on a network and learn how to integrate WINS with DNS. From Chapter 19 of the Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant.

• Windows 2000 Performance Tuning White Paper

  See how to tune Windows 2000 for optimal performance, test performance capabilities, and eliminate potential performance bottlenecks.

• Scripting a Corporate Update System

  Read the first in a series of articles showing how to design and build a large, complex enterprise solution entirely by using scripts. The series includes useful scripts and techniques, and introduces project requirements and design.

• Scripting Windows Management

  Learn when you should use VBscript scripting and get an introduction to basic scripting concepts as well as helpful tips.

• Windows 2000 Computer Startup Scripts

  Find out how Group Policy Object (GPO) computer startup scripts in Windows 2000 assist with performing a world of tasks on client computers that logon scripts and centralized server scripts cannott undertake.

• File Cache Performance and Tuning

  Find out how the built-in file cache is essential to the performance of Windows 2000 file servers. From Chapter 7 of the Windows 2000 Performance Guide.

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